It's the pass catching that concerns me. At the draft, all of the comments were that he is very poor at catching the ball out of the backfield. He can't learn to be a good receiver if the talent just isn't there.

Ask opposing back 7 opponents whether he consistently ran with toughness and looking to deliver a blow every run throughout his first 5-6 seasons.

If this years 4th round running back delivers a career like Jacobs' 4th round selection the franchise would be extremely fortunate.

Hey, Ranaan, that's the all time leading rushing TD record holder in the history of the Giants you are referring to in a dismissive way. Think for a minute before you actually publish something like that.

Williams is a physical freak. 5'11 and 230 lbs of solid muscle. He will be our best short yardage back in years. And, he's a home run threat as well. He reminds me of a bigger Joe Morris. I look forward to watching him this year.

He is no Ron Dayne, no where close. Please stop bringing up that losers name when we talk about Williams. Dayne was soft!

There have been big running backs before who don't exactly run tough. Brandon Jacobs, for example, was a tough player, but not exactly a consistently tough runner. He wasn't the type to put his head down every carry and try to run over defenders.

He isn't saying Jacobs isn't tough or isn't a tough runner sometimes, we all know that's not true. He's just saying Jacobs often tried to run around guys instead of running through guys a bit too. Nothing wrong with that comment at all.

dropped because teams mostly use 2 back systems now and that has completely devalued the RB position. You can actually argue that Williams would have went a round or round and a half earlier 5 years ago. Starting RB's average 5 years in the league. It's just not a premium position right now. So, bcks fell because of the position, not the players. But you could argue taking a back in the 2-4 round range is great value.

When he built a head of steam he was great and was able to truck smaller players like nobody else but he could not work the same in smaller spaces and didnt deliver the power going through the line that a power back needs. Once he got through the hole he was a big force but how many times did he fail on 3rd and 4th and short? I remember several spots where Jacobs was stopped and not tackled taking the blows standing straight up, not what you need in short yardage.

It's not questioning his toughness as he would deliver blows but he couldnt do it in the short yardage situations as much since he was often taller than the defenders. I wish the Giants would have used him on more swing passes, he was deadly in those spots.

was that he ran far too upright in short yardage situations most of the time. he only lowers his pads when he anticipates contact or in the open field

he also has a bad tendency to slow down before looking to cut back. people wanna rip david Wilson for bad 'instincts' but Jacobs was so no better. and obviously jacobs long strides made it easy for him to get tripped up. there are easily like 5 or 6 40+ yd runs every year that the giants missed out on cause Jacobs lost his balance. I even remember a key one in the 08 divisional game

He was big and could deliver a blow, but he didn't keep his feet very well after delivering such a hit. Often he'd flatten a defender and then go down himself. He didn't have that Earl Campbell ability to shed tacklers or make them bounce off him. And as others here noted, he had a high center of gravity, and that hurt him in short yardage situations, where he was average at best, despite his size.

On the other hand, he wasn't blazing fast, either. He'd break off 30-yard runs a couple of times a game, but he'd get caught from behind. He wasn't a threat to break free and score from anywhere on the field the way Tiki Barber and Joe Morris were.

That's not to say he was bad. He was a helluva weapon -- he just had limitations.

Jacobs even admitted himself he got a bit out of shape as a player in the middle years before he left for SF.

Andre Williams, physically, is a prototype RB. a 5'11 RB running too tall is less of a problem than a 6'5 RB running too tall.

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